Indoor Paupers by 'One of Them'. A unique first-hand account of daily life in a Victorian London workhouse. The book was 0riginally published anonymously but its author is finally unmasked in a new preface by Peter Higginbotham. This classic work has been long out of print but is finally again now available.

OUT NOW!The Workhouse Encylopedia is an A-to-Z cornucopia of everything you ever wanted to know about the workhouse in one volume! With more than 250 articles, its 480 pages are packed with facts, figures, maps, charts, tables, statistics, and more than 150 photos and illustrations. Amongst the comprehensive and detailed appendices are the complete text of the official 1847 workhouse rule-book, and a directory of the locations and other details of hundreds of workhouses and associated institutions across the British Isles.
The Workhouse Encylopedia includes a huge amount of information not found on the Workhouse web site and will rapidly become the reference book that you'll never want to be without!

Voices From The Workhouse is a wide-ranging collection of first-hand accounts of the workhouse by those who knew it well. Includes autobiography, letters, poetry, graffiti, inspection report etc. — by inmates, staff, officials, visitors, and under-cover explorers. More....